The City of Ulaanbaatar (UB) is
undergoing a historic transformation toward market-driven
urban development. This growth remains strongly influenced
by city policy decisions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94200Date: January 1, 2015
Road networks are essential for
economic, social, environmental, and security reasons. Road
networks are therefore considered critical networks
according to the consequences...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 100085Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Rogelis Prada,Maria Carolina
Thimphu City, the capital of the Kingdom
of Bhutan, is growing fast. With one in every seven
Bhutanese living in the city, Thimphu faces severe
congestion. To address...
This resettlement action plan (RAP) is
prepared to avoid and minimize the impoverishment of project
affected persons (PAPs) and ensure that they receive
appropriate...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95230Date: January 1, 2015
Two of the largest railway systems in
the world, China’s and India’s, have intensified their focus
on the private sector as an indispensable source of capital
to help...
Type: BriefReport#: 96229Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Lawrence,Martha B. ;
Ollivier,Gerald Paul
Mobile phones, and especially
smartphones, are opening new ways to assess and improve
assistance and the delivery of basic services in the
developing world. Each year,...
Type: BriefReport#: 96230Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Haddad,Ryan ;
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Leinonen, Teemu ;
Saarinen, Vesa
This document reports on the methods
used in phase 1 of the ESMAP wind mapping project for
Pakistan. The interim mesoscale modelling results were
calculated by output...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 95770Date: January 1, 2015
Myanmar is one of the world’s most
disaster-prone countries, ranking 9th out of 191 countries
in the INFORM Index for Risk Management. Torrential rains
from July 2015...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115231Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Brecht,Henrike
Korea's bold initiative, the Green
Growth Plan (GGP), spanning 2009 to 2013 with fiscal outlay
of US$84 billion, posed a significant challenge to
sustainable public...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94459Date: January 1, 2015
Handling charges in Caribbean ports are
two to three times higher than in similar ports in other
regions of the world. In some cases, it costs significantly
less to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7162Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Bofinger, Heinrich C. ;
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Cubas,Diana
Vietnam is one of the most hazard-prone
areas in the Asia Pacific Region, with floods and storms
often isolating communities and disrupting trade flows. The
government,...
Type: BriefReport#: 97323Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Huy, Tran Quoc
Whether they attempt to build jeepney
stops, expand transit access, or improve bus routes, transit
projects across much of the developing world are often
hampered by...
Type: BriefReport#: 96228Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Krambeck,Holly
This resettlement action plan (RAP) is
prepared to avoid and minimize the impoverishment of project
affected persons (PAPs) and ensure that they receive
appropriate...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95230Date: January 1, 2015
With a view to improve the transport
network system, Uttar Pradesh core Road Network Development
Project in India has identified 24,095 km of Core Road
Network (CRN)...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 94047Date: January 1, 2015
Fuel switching replaces inefficient
fuels with cleaner and economical alternatives, such as
substituting coal or kerosene for natural gas. Complimented
by modern equipment...
China Railways Corporation (CRC) is
considering new ways to attract capital to support the
strategic development of the railway sector. Currently,
government is the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102894Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Lawrence,Martha B. ;
Ollivier,Gerald Paul
This document has been produced by the
World Bank to support the Government of Guatemala as it
improves its transport and logistics sector management in
pursuit of enhanced...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93529Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Dumitrescu, Anca C. ;
Smith, Graham ;
Osborne, Theresa K.
Singapore has been a powerful magnet for
foreign direct investment and in recent years has also made
significant investments abroad, especially in developing
countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7186Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Chellaraj,Gnanaraj ;
Mattoo,Aaditya
In Croatia, initial steps to reform the
railway sector date back to the middle of the first decade
of the 2000s, with the formation of Croatian railways as a
holding...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101541Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Owen,Daniel P. ;
Frajtic,Vanja ;
Villegas,Jorge E. ;
Marteau,Jean-Francois
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